Shifting Priorities… Time to Say Goodbye to the Consoles?
// May 15th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Gaming, Personal Crap
So priorities change as you get older. I keep toying back and forth with getting rid of the Xbox 360 and/or our Nintendo Wii. With a [near] eight month old in the house, and working two jobs, a bit of freelance thrown in the mix, squeezing in some saddle time on the various bikes, plus just the usual day-to-day stuff, there’s not a lot of time left over.
But I keep going back and forth. It’d be great to declutter the living room, and make a few bucks on stuff that’s been basically collecting dust for most of 2010.
But on the other hand, they’re still fully enjoyable when they do get the rare boot up — when friends and family are over, or when I get an even rarer solo game on the 360 in. I haven’t bought a game in awhile, getting the last few for both consoles as gifts, so it’s not really costing me a dime to keep them. Thoughts? Opinions?
So this is old news from earlier in the week, but thought I’d post it for others who hadn’t read yet. It seems another device in many living rooms will be added to the growing list of Netflix streaming capable devices. This time, it’s the Nintendo Wii — this Spring. Like the Sony Playstation 3, the Wii’s implementation will require a disc to accomplish the streaming. Since the Wii is standard def, the streaming will be limited to standard definition obviously.
But I’m a bit psyched as I’ve found a pair of games that Amanda will actually sit and play with me. The first is on the Xbox 360 — an Xbox Live title called Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, a space-based puzzle game. I’ve actually gotten Amanda into the versus matches in the game and she’s also gotten pretty good.
So it sounds like Rock Band 2 is going to build onto the super-smooth and successful original. I love the fact that they’re adding a battle of the bands mode and that the world tour mode will go to Xbox Live. This next round of music games should have even better set lists as more and more bands realize the popularity and revenue stream potential of these games. Sign me up for a copy upon release (sans the instruments):
